Mandarin Portrait

bbentleyphotobbentleyphoto Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
edited August 22, 2016 in Wildlife
I took this at the San Diego zoo, not in the wild. Don't know if that's ok for this forum. Anyways the sun was coming trough some trees partially lighting this mandarin duck's face perfect for a portrait I thought. Shot with a D800 and 300 2.8 Tokina and 1.4 converter. He was pretty close.

Monochrome or Color?

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  • kscooperkscooper Registered Users Posts: 387 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2016
    Color for sure! Very fine . . .
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited August 18, 2016
    Color wins!
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,244 moderator
    edited August 19, 2016
    Great zoo shot, and perfectly OK for Dgrin. Color for me. Nice capture!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2016
    lovely headshot... color is my choice
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  • yendikenoyendikeno Registered Users Posts: 214 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2016
    Yes, color. Beautiful!
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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2016
    A duck that's loved for its color... Gotta love the color in #1.
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